In the Garden: Tomato grafts yielded good results

7:58 PM,
Nov. 18, 2013

Written by

Richard Poffenbaugh
News Journal columnist

This year, I trial-tested two grafted red tomato varieties. One was Brandywine, a popular large fruited heirloom type, probably the most popular among heirlooms. The second was San Marzano, an Italian Roma type with meaty flesh used for sauces.

Each grafted plant was matched with a non-grafted plant, but both were the same variety. The non-grafted plant was the traditional tomato transplant started from seed.

Admittedly, this small test of two varieties in a backyard garden has little value in terms of tomato research. But the results were much better than expected and showed me there is ...